Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday vowed to pass legislation punishing public schools that do not remove graphic books from their shelves by knocking them down a notch in the state’s annual school performance ratings,...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is seeking reelection this November, received a key endorsement on his education policies from the state’s largest union this week. Monday’s announcement marks the third time the Illinois...
Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged California families to claim Trump Accounts while announcing a new partnership to increase awareness and participation in federal and state child savings programs.
Jefferson County voters will decide on a pair of mill levy overrides in November to raise teacher pay, repair schools, fund career and technical education, and more.
The Texas institution cut about 100 classes, including in women’s and LGBT studies, to comply with a state law mandating general education reviews.
Lindsey Cornett and Chris Bultman were both finalists to be appointed to fill the IPS District 4 seat ahead of the election. Now, Bultman is on the ballot for November. Cornett, however, wants to be put back on the...
As the end of the legislative session nears, Sacramento lawmakers are again debating whether to reform a law that has enabled countless lawsuits and hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements against school...
The Bakersfield City School District now has 61 credentialed visual and performing arts teachers, more than double the number 10 years ago, when it had 26 arts teachers, the Bakersfield Californian reported. The school...
Researchers at Florida International University and George Mason University published a report in Early Childhood Research Quarterly that found public school pre-kindergarten helps children do well academically in third...
Michigan schools are implementing policies for the 2026-27 school year that restrict students' use of cellphones during instruction.
When Mississippi overhauled its literacy education in 2013, one of the most controversial pieces was a policy to retain third graders if they couldn’t pass the reading portion of the state’s English language arts...
Students walkout from Philadelphia's Parkway Northwest High School on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. It's one of nine district schools slated for closure at the end of this school year.
High school came with more responsibility and less accountability for Josiah Ulukita. Courses were much harder, teachers were less strict about attendance and it was easier to skip school with friends or go on his phone...
Missouri education officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for roughly $300 million more for public schools next year, setting up a potentially difficult budget fight as the state faces a projected revenue shortfall....
The suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the large Bellevue district said its officers will continue carrying the gloves. The post Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to...
Tennessee voters will head back to the polls on Nov. 3 to elect a new governor who will shape education policy for the next four years.
American education has spent decades searching for explanations for declining achievement. Poverty, inequality, school funding, curriculum, technology, teacher quality and the effects of the pandemic all matter. ...
The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.
Despite a new executive order from President Donald Trump regarding the childhood immunization schedule, California officials affirmed that the state will maintain its existing vaccination requirements for students.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero listens to school board members as they speak during a board retreat Monday. Marrero's first strategic plan, released in 2022, called for increasing test scores by 10...
School safety officers receive training at Philadelphia's Abraham Lincoln High School. The School District of Philadelphia is rolling out several new safety initiatives, including a digital hall pass available to all...
School district officials announced they are opening applications for school-specific transition committees starting on Aug. 31.
Torey Alston sued the board and won a ruling requiring trustees to attend mediation to attempt to work out an employment contract dispute with him.
New board members and school leaders, delayed state test scores, and aging buildings are among the developments to watch this upcoming school year.
Former Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said Thursday that he will support AB 2440 — the proposal seeking to clarify rules in the Proposition 28 arts education initiative — after agreeing on amendments...
California will supply rescue inhalers for students with asthma at all of the state’s public district and charter schools, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Funding for the three-year “School Albuterol...
A new, tighter schedule at Rocklin High School in Placer County has cut students’ lunch period one day a week to what is thought to be among the shortest in the state: 12 minutes, Capital Public Radio reported. “I had...
Earlier this month, a group of unionized American Sign Language interpreters in Clovis Unified School District reached their first contract with the district after two years of negotiations, The Fresno Bee reported. The...
A group of parents and former students of the Palo Alto Unified School District filed a civil rights lawsuit against the district regarding a 2025 school-sponsored field trip to a mosque where students learned about...